"It was the defensive intensity in all four quarters, especially
in the first quarter," said Mike Conley, who led the Grizzlies
with seven assists. "You've got to have that firepower out of
the gate. That led to a lot of easy buckets for us."

Will Bynum led the Pistons with 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting,
and Ben Gordon scored 13. Charlie Villanueva had 12 points in
his first game with Detroit.

Gay made seven of eight shots from the field and had 20 points
in the first half to lead Memphis to a 68-46 lead at the break.
He missed his only two attempts in the second half, but also
finished with seven rebounds and four assists.

"They did a wonderful job of transition, taking care of the
basketball and sharing the basketball," Pistons coach John
Kuester said. "What we have to do as a team is to become better
in our transition defense. We also need to be better at
on-the-ball defense. We really struggled."

Both coaches lobbied the replacement officials pretty heavily in
the first quarter, but sometimes it took an introduction to make
their point. At one point, Memphis coach Lionel Hollins had to
ask press row for the name of official Eric Hanspard, before
calling out to get his attention.

NOTES: Memphis F Darrell Arthur, who missed two early preseason
games because of a strained pectoral muscle, aggravated the
injury in Wednesday's loss to the Atlanta Hawks. The team now is
classifying the injury as partial tear of the muscle, and Arthur
is expected to miss the rest of the preseason. ... Pistons F
Tayshaun Prince did not play, missing his second straight game
with a cut on his right big toe. ... Villanueva, a free-agent
signee over the summer, missed the first five games with a
strained hamstring.